Important Update! (and questions)

Hey folks. There's a lot going on, and I've been a little overwhelmed, so let me lay it all out here in order from most to least pressing.

1) my gumroad store was taken down. I didn't expect this to happen so quickly, and wasn't ready to quickly act.

2) I've had a succession of guests in my home which has made it difficult to work the last three weeks. Luckily my schedule is now clear until August.

3) I've been commissioned for a large comic project (pictured above) which is not TG or fetish related. This has also been eating up my time, and I don't really feel like my patrons will care to see it, so I haven't been posting it.

4) My new album is almost finished, (cover art pictured above) and I've been burning the midnight oil mixing mastering and tweaking the experience.

5) Progress has been slower than I'd like on 'The Phalysium Chronicles: Invasion of the Woahmen'

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Here's what I'm doing about these issues:

1) this week I'm re-uploading my catalogue to Itch.io and will share my profile once this process is complete. Hopefully ahead of the Phalysium Release.

• I'm working my my now long-time collaborator and friend Jo_Nothing (www.patreon.com/jonothing ) to start our own storefront using alternative payment processors in order to empower us, and eventually other creators to continue selling their work in a sustainable way. We're in the early stages at the moment, but are hoping to move quickly. More info will be shared when it's available.

2) Luckily this has solved itself.

3) The next (and final) installment of this project will begin after my vacation in August, but until then my slate is clear. Is this a project you would be interested in seeing when completed? The Comic follows the plot of the concept album 'Dr. Geronimo's Frozen Mermaid' by Nicholas Manzino (the commissioner) and is not a fetish comic.

4) As I type this I'm listening to the third and quite possibly final masters for the Album which is called 'The Spiral Arm.' It's twelve tracks long, and features my far my strongest work compositionally, vocally, and sonically. I'm really excited to share it. Please let me know if you'd like to see updates and sneak peeks here on Patreon. Feedback is really important for me as a creator, and it's very helpful to know wether fans are interested in seeing other work outside of the typical Grumpy-TG fare.

• luckily the bulk of the work on this record is now finished, and I'm going to do my best to start getting 8 hours of sleep per night again.

5) I'm really excited about 'Invasion of the Woahmen' and I wish I could give it my full attention right now. My hope was, and still is to have the comic completed and released for Level 3+ Patrons before I leave for my vacation (August 3rd-12th) However setting up a new itch store and retroactively changing all the links on my website, DA, and otherwise is not a task to be taken lightly and will likely take many hours. Please stay tuned. This week Phalysium and Itch are my top priorities.

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Finally I want to thank all of you for your support here. After losing Gumroad, Patreon has become the best place to support me, and it means the word that I'm still able to do this. If you took the time to read all of this, I'd love to hear your thoughts.

-Grumpy